Legal Aid

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18 Aug 2015

A get out of jail free card for costs budgeting?

Relying on the argument that there was good reason to depart from the budget at detailed assessment is often unwise, explains Francis Kendall

18 Aug 2015

The aliases of a man fed up with calls for PPI claims

Richard Barr: Hoisted by his own petard in the fight against scammers

13 Aug 2015

CBA chair slams 'cowardly attacks' by his Twitter critics

Tony Cross's final remarks on the 'sensible majority of the Bar' ridiculed by junior barristers as his tenure ends

11 Aug 2015

Trustees' costs liabilities in bankruptcies: BPE Solicitors v Gabriel

The Supreme Court considered Borneman v Wilson (1884) 28 Ch D 53 to no longer be good law in a judgment which will be welcomed by trustees, Joanne Williams discusses

10 Aug 2015

Applying pressure to the government worked Down Under

Legal aid reversals in Australia should give heart to those lawyers campaigning for change in the UK

6 Aug 2015

Chaos theory

Warning: This article contains spoilers!

5 Aug 2015

SRA warns legal aid lawyers again over professional obligations

Regulator recognises the 'difficult commercial dispute' between practitioners and government

5 Aug 2015

Rogue claims management company hit with first fine by regulator

Official figures show claims industry is contracting as new regulatory powers begin to bite